Pisa, Riglione | Church of Saints Ippolito and Cassiano

The church of Saints Ippolito and Cassiano, first mentioned in a document in 1119, belonged to the possessions of the nearby Abbey of San Savino, whose fortunes it followed before being entrusted to the Order of the Knights of St. Stephen, until the order was suppressed in 1860. The church was destroyed in 1944 by Nazi mines and rebuilt in 1946, elevating it to Priory status.

The gabled façade, entirely plastered, is bordered by two stone blocks supporting the triangular tympanum where the cross of the Knights of St. Stephen is painted. The single-chamber interior shows the choir loft with a balcony and wooden corbels in the counter façade, which houses the mid-19th-century pipe organ in the centre. Along the walls are two confessionals: the one on the right is used for the display of reliquaries. The right altar, dedicated to the Divine Shepherdess, houses the 17th-century image of the Madonna and Child with St. John. The left altar, dedicated to the Holy Crucifix, houses the 13th-century painted cross in the centre, attributed to Michael of Baldwin, repainted by a pupil of Tempesti in 1792. The wall above the arches and the back wall are decorated with wall paintings by Luigi Antonio Gaioni, depicting Jesus Christ Enthroned and God the Father in Glory respectively, works from the 20th century.